GOP needsto attractUS Asians

1:42 PM,
Apr. 15, 2013

Written by

Martha T. Moore
USA TODAY

Republicans admit they have a problem with Hispanic voters. They have an even bigger problem with Asian Americans - a group that was a majority GOP voting bloc less than 20 years ago.

Three-quarters of Asian Americans went for President Obama in 2012, more than any other group except black voters. The GOP is pursuing Asian Americans as part of the same $10 million outreach program to talk to Hispanic voters, conceived after the party's 2012 losses and just getting underway.

Asian Americans are affluent, educated and family-oriented, surveys show - just the kind of folks GOP leaders say should ...